The Mississauga Braves Minor Atoms, Minor Bantams and Midget Seniors are all headed to the GTHL "East vs West" Championship Finals, while the Bantams remain locked in stiff competition verses the Toros for the West Division title.

The Minor Atoms and Midgets are both facing teams representing the North York Knights, while the Minor Bantams are awaiting the results of the East Enders Ticats vs North York Knights East Division Finals.

MINOR ATOM BRAVES
The Minor Atom Braves are five games deep into the West Finals 8 point series, leading 6 points to 4 over the regular season champion Humberview Huskies.

MINOR BANTAM BRAVES
The Promittere Cup Regular Season Champion Minor Bantam Braves have battled their way to the GTHL West Division Finals where they are facing stiff comptetion from a talent Streetsville Tigers squad. At time of writing the 8 point series is tied 2 points to 2, following two close games.

BANTAM BRAVES
The Bantam Braves have yet again kept their playoff dreams alive, eliminating the venerable Mississauga Terriers 7 points to 5, in a hard fought semi final series that went six games. Heading into the West Finals, the Bantams will now face the winner of the York Toros vs. Humber Valley Sharks Semi Final which, at time of writing, is tied 5 points to 5 after five games.

MIDGET Sr. BRAVES
The Promittere Cup Regular Season Champion Midget Sr. Braves are, at time of writing, trailing the Humberview Huskies 4 points to 6 after five games in the highly competitive 8 point GTHL West Division Finals.

The 97 Minor Peewee Braves travelled south to Rochester on Thursday leading up to the U.S. Thanksgiving to be ready for a Friday morning match-up against the Syracuse Stars in Game 1 of the Empire State Thanksgiving Classic Tournament. The strategy worked as the Braves came out firing on all cylinders and beat the Stars 8 – 3.

Game 2 was scheduled for 8:00 am Saturday morning, and an “early to bed, early to rise” cerfew paid off as the 97 Minor Peewee Braves defeated the Rochester Americans 10 – 1.

The team followed strict activity guidelines in preparation for a late afternoon Game 3, this time facing the GTHL East Goulding Park Rangers. As a reward to the team’s goalies for their stellar play, the Braves focused on solid defensive play and succeeded again beating the Rangers 6 – 0.

The Braves performance saw them place first overall to qualify for the Championship game on Sunday afternoon. The kids and families had the night off to enjoy a nice meal and take advantage of the hotel’s pool and other facilities till their 10:00 pm curfew. The Braves came out on Sunday determined to win against a strengthened and committed Syracuse Stars team. Down 2 – 1 early in the second period, the Braves took control and scored 3 unanswered goals to win the Championship 4 -2.

Congratulations goes out to the Mississauga Braves Bantam Hockey Team for their triumphant effort in advancing past the first place Mississauga North Stars and into the second round of playoff action! The Braves, who finished the regular season in eighth place, took the points series 7-5 with a stunning 3-2 overtime victory in Game 6 at Tomken on Tuesday, March 4.

Game 1: North Stars 0 • Braves 3 (W)
Game 2: North Stars 4 • Braves 1 (L)
Game 3: North Stars 5 • Braves 5 (T)
Game 4: North Stars 0 • Braves 1 (W)
Game 5: North Stars 5 • Braves 2 (L)
Game 6: North Stars 2 • Braves 3 (OTW)